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This guy is basically a real-life Ace Attorney witness. Here is the article from Siliconera. I tried leaving the basic summary intact, but there are a lot more details in the link.

It all started out when 23-year-old temporary government worker, Masahiro Ito (no, not the Silent Hill artist), who is supposedly high-ranked and respected Guilty Gear player, told friends and co-workers that he was headed to Paris, France, to participate in a major fighting game tournament, called “Autumn Stunfest,” from September 20 through 21.

Had Ito left it at that, nothing would have likely come of it, but it’s the following part where things got really messy—he claimed to have won this major tournament.

After telling his friends and co-workers, it didn’t take long for word to spread that a Japanese government worker won a major fighting game tournament. The story even got a spot in the Jomo Shimbun, a regional daily newspaper published in Gunma Prefecture. Even Asahi, widely regarded for its journalism as the most respected daily newspaper in Japan, published an article about Ito’s feat.

Needless to say, with that much nationwide attention from the press, a lot Guilty Gear and fighting game fans got wind of it all, and began asking about this tournament called “Autumn Stunfest,” which they never heard of until now. Stunfest is an actual tournament in France, which also featured Guilty Gear Xrd: Revelator in this year’s tournament back in May, but the Internet detectives pointed out that there’s nothing about an “Autumn Stunfest” on their official website or anywhere else.

The whole saga came to an end earlier today in Japan, when the Ota City Hall held a press conference on the matter, and revealed that parts of what was said in the interviews were fabricated by their temporary worker Ito. According to Ito, it all started when he told a co-worker he was going to a tournament in France, and there was no going back on his word. That’s when things just got out of hand.

The Ota City Hall is currently deciding on its disciplinary action for Ito, and it sounds like he’ll have a lot more time on his hands to practice Guilty Gear. Look out, EVO 2017.

More at the link, including a bunch of pictures he claimed to have taken in Europe, but in reality stole off of random blogs.

How could anyone think they could get away with this kind of stuff in the internet era?

 

[SolVanderlyn]

Sounds like a middle school lie that spiraled out of control. I think this guy just got too deep into it and didn't have the guts to admit his lie until he absolutely had to. Even though he lied for attention, I still feel kinda bad for him. I doubt he expected it to go as far as it did.

 

[DNAbro]

That is hysterical

 

[KZXcellent]

This is like the plot of a Saturday morning cartoon. I can't help but laugh at how ridiculous it is that this actually happened.

 

[RecRoulette]

Laughed really hard at this story, I needed that after reading the story in off topic about the mother forcing her daughter to be disabled and then getting murdered because of it.

 

[CO_Andy]

Ito > Daigo

 

[Soulflarz]

No way he expected it to get this far.

Laughed really hard at this story, I needed that after reading the story in off topic about the mother forcing her daughter to be disabled and then getting murdered because of it.

:<
*hug*

 

[JayEH]

Lmao getting disciplined for it too? Talk about a lie getting out of hand.

 

[Vex_]

And it wont end there with him being shamed.



I dont know if you all know anything about Japanese culture, but it doesnt stop there when you are caught lying. All I'll say is that he needs to probably move from Japan now...

 

[L Thammy]

The DSP of Japan

 

[psyfi]

nice one dude

 

[InfiniteBento]

 

[Nachos]

How do you run a story without fact checking first? Even just typing the name of the "tournament" into Google.

 

[sixteen-bit]

exposed.

 

[Mechazawa]

A weekly tournament with a $30,000 prize pot lol.

Nice job, Ito.

 

[Izuna]

why tho?

what a scrub

 

[duckroll]

I bet it was a real autumn stunfest for him when he realized his lie was making national papers.

 

[psyfi]

why tho?

what a scrub

he could have lied about anything and he chose fighting game tournament

 

[Alucrid]

wow what a moron

i won street fighter v at winter evo 2016

 

[Verelios]

Hahahaha, ha
...Haha

Ha

Wonder what the end game was? Haha

 

[L Thammy]

Hahahaha, ha
...Haha

Ha

Wonder what the end game was? Haha

manko

 

[Speedwagon]

feel bad for him probably just wanted to make his life seem interesting

 

[Tagyhag]

Man, imagine getting fired for lying about something like that. Poor dude.

 

[Tripon]

Winter and Spring Stunfest is where it's at.

Spoiler

Spring Stunfest is the actual real convention/tournament.

 

[Gemeanie]

That reminds me Slam Dunk began with a lie made by guy who've never played basket ball for his life

 

[Gxgear]

Dude's got no choice but emigration.

 

[Izuna]

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ftfy

 

[Mr Fahrenheit]

Surely if he's into fighting games enough to want to pretend he's some world class player he should also be aware that things like tournaments are documented well enough online.

 

[udivision]

This is like the plot of a Saturday morning cartoon. I can't help but laugh at how ridiculous it is that this actually happened.

This really is a Saturday morning cartoon plot.
Replace coworkers with "friends at school"
and "fighting game tournament" with "meeting parody of a celebrity from the 90's"

 

[TheTylerRob]

The Anime Illuminati is on the case!!!!

 

[Xevren]

I remember when word was getting around about this on twitter, was pretty funny.

 

[Sou Da]

The DSP of Japan

Let's not say things we can't take back.

 

[CadetMahoney]

I came at a major international tournament.

 

[Hibiki Kurosawa]

lol, this really is pretty funny. Sucks for him, but I love how even the press latched onto this lie. How did this respected newspaper not to a little research for the article?

 

[kewlmyc]

Getting fired for lying about winning a fighting game tournament seems a little extreme.

 

[LiamExe]

The only thing he can do now to regain his honour is to actually become the champion. I believe in you, Ito!

 

[HardRojo]

Fucking lol! How does a lie like this make it so far? I'm definitely winning that Street Fighter VI tournament at Summer Brawl 2017.

Let's not say things we can't take back.

Like having won an imaginary tournament?

 

[xzeldax3]

I hope he gets extremely good at the game and wins Stunfest next year.

 

[Aters]

Poor dude doesn't deserve to get fired.

 

[Busaiku]

How does he blow up, but other Guilty Gear players don't.

 

[mbpm1]

I might have met this guy back when I won EVO Japan 2015.

 

[psyfi]

Getting fired for lying about winning a fighting game tournament seems a little extreme.

dude embarassed his workplace big time, and they chose to save face than be compassionate. it sucks, but it's understandable.

 

[Philippo]

Oh so that's was in the tv this morning.

Did he have to take free days from work to "go" to France?

Fucking lol this guy is a champion, he probably never had one of his lies busted when he was a kid, that's why he never learned what it means to get caught.

Best news of the year.

 

[duckroll]

I don't think they should fire him. Instead they should make it mandatory for him to train harder at the game and actually compete at Stunfest next year. Out of his own pocket of course. Give him a chance to prove his worth!

 

[L Thammy]

I don't think they should fire him. Instead they should make it mandatory for him to train harder at the game and actually compete at Stunfest next year. Out of his own pocket of course. Give him a chance to prove his worth!

you're not getting fired
you're getting fired up

 

[CHC]

I don't think they should fire him. Instead they should make it mandatory for him to train harder at the game and actually compete at Stunfest next year. Out of his own pocket of course. Give him a chance to prove his worth!

Brings a new meaning to.... Guilty Gear.

 

[Tripon]

I don't think they should fire him. Instead they should make it mandatory for him to train harder at the game and actually compete at Stunfest next year. Out of his own pocket of course. Give him a chance to prove his worth!

Serious talk, competitive Guilty Gear has a really high skill level. A new person would get smoked pretty hard.

 

[Iva Demilcol]

This really is a Saturday morning cartoon plot.
Replace coworkers with "friends at school"
and "fighting game tournament" with "meeting parody of a celebrity from the 90's"

Yeah, in the end he had to admit he lied because he wanted everyone to like him.

 

[mbpm1]

Serious talk, competitive Guilty Gear has a really high skill level. A new person would get smoked pretty hard.

It could still be hype.

they could give him the gandhi treatment

 

[Jimmy Rustle]

Stolen Valor